A website asking me to “disable ad-blocker” has the balls to tell me I should turn off Firefox Tracking Protection. That’s like saying “yeah, we absolutely want to track you across websites, would you do us a favor and let us do it? Please :)”

  • AgreeableLandscape
    401·
    4 years ago

    A website asking me to “disable ad-blocker”

    Correct recourse: close tab.

  • Kohen Shaw
    17·
    4 years ago

    That’s malware - like behaviour. Firefox should outright mark this website as dangerous. A website should not instruct its user to disable browser security features.

    • pancakeOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Good idea, should’ve done it haha. I no longer remember what website it was, but I’ve seen the same dialog appear a few times since.

  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
    13·
    1 year ago

    If you really want to see it, you may try loading it up in archive.org or achive.today. The bonus is that the webpage now has been archived and anyone can find it if it disappears.

    Also, if you install uBlock Origin, it might be able to automatically hide these access blocker things. Actually, it is totally able, the only question is if you have a block list enabled that tells it how to do so

    Edit: just noticed after sending that this is a 2 years old post. Sorry! How did this get into my subscriptions feed?

    • Notnotmike@beehaw.org
      7·
      1 year ago

      I was blissfully unaware how old it was until you said something, so you’re not alone there

      And to be honest, I kind of like this popup. It tells me (1) to avoid this website and (2) what extensions I can download that will cause trackers the most disruption!

    • pancakeOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Haha no worries, it’s nice to get some tips, thanks! :D

  • ghost_laptop
    11·
    4 years ago

    Fucking mad, you should use uBlock origin, you could even make that thing disappear with the element picker mode.

  • roastpotatothief
    6·
    4 years ago

    I noticed recently a website explicitly asking permission to track me using fingerprinting, in the GDPR form. I thought even that was mad.

    Vendors can: Create an identifier using data collected automatically from a device for specific characteristics, e.g. IP address, user-agent string. Use such an identifier to attempt to re-identify a device.

  • Ratoeira547
    4·
    4 years ago

    I could not even use reader mode to read a NYT article, the text the reader caught was about their dumb subscription.

    • pancakeOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      I get no Google ads at all. The total amount of ads I get by simply using the tracking protection is like 20% percent those I get otherwise.

      Edit: it seems to be related with the Laidlaw (edit: typo, I don’t remember what I wanted to write instead…) configuration though. With a different configuration I get Google ads as well as the “normal” ones.

  • bbhtt
    3·
    4 years ago

    This is a new low; not surprised though.